HHIS-294: Bauhaus: School of Creativity

This course is a case study of one school, which is still emblematic for a new approach to the concepts of art, design, and technologies. Since the Bauhaus was the center of new ideas and practices in teaching, architecture, design, and the social position of the visual arts, studying its detailed history leads students to the critical understanding of the current position of these issues. The Bauhaus's historical role reveals the exposure of art and design to the politics within and without the walls of the school. A survey of the New Bauhaus in Chicago illuminates the particular American aspects of the Bauhaus, and its afterlife in the U.S.